This week Bernhard Law Firm won a quiet title judgment on a Brickell condominium after obtaining the Court’s recognition of a 1976 Venezuelan divorce assignment originally occurring abroad. (Florida Bar disclaimer: results may not be typical. You may not have as beneficial a result, or same or similar results).… Read More Bernhard Law Firm Wins Judgment Upholding 1976 Venezuelan Divorce Assignment
United States federal statute 28 U.S.C. Section 1782 gives a U.S. federal court discretion to grant foreign litigants access to information in the U.S. that is unavailable otherwise. Section 1782 is not a conduit to circumvent the law in the foreign proceedings, nor a method to fish for information that is protected abroad. This note provides a primer on Section 1782.… Read More A Primer on Local Discovery to Aid a Foreign Lawsuit Under 28 U.S.C. Section 1782
Bernhard Law Firm has started its third year of weekly deliveries of food to disabled and elderly Floridians through Meals on Wheels South Florida.… Read More Bernhard Law Firm Starts Third Year of Weekly Charity Volunteerism With Meals on Wheels South Florida
Bernhard Law Firm recently won dismissal of claims in a Miami lawsuit involving the firm’s client, a South Beach hotel located in the upscale South of Fifth neighborhood. (Florida Bar disclaimer: results may not be typical. You may not have as beneficial a result, or same or similar results). Bernhard Law Firm was defending the hotel… Read More Bernhard Law Firm Wins Dismissal for South Beach Hotel in Commercial Interference Case
This article focuses on the actual structure of Florida’s construction lien statute to lend an understanding of its breadth, limitations, and organization. Florida’s construction lien statute is also known as Florida’s “Construction Lien Law” and is embodied in Florida Statutes Chapter 713 titled Construction Liens.… Read More Florida’s Construction Lien Statute – Easily Navigating the Dense Code of Construction Lien Law
Bernhard Law Firm has filed suit in Miami to recover on loans and stock purchase dues owed by a Peruvian private investment manager, who fraudulently took money, laundered investments through alter ego shell companies in Uruguay and the BVI to dislodge his contractual debt obligations… Read More Bernhard Law Firm Brings $7.6M Suit on South American Fisheries and Crabbing Dispute
Under Florida law, a motion or other document can be properly “verified” by attaching a supporting affidavit testifying to the facts therein… Read More How to Verify By Affidavit – Florida Law
A bona fide purchase is one in good faith belief of right, without fraud or deceit, after sufficient inquiry under the circumstances.… Read More When Notice Is Not Enough – Maintaining a Bona Fide Purchase with Inquiry
If you have questions about filing a lawsuit in a business or financial dispute, please contact Bernhard Law Firm at http://www.bernhardlawfirm.com, 786-871-3349, abernhard@bernhardlawfirm.com.… Read More Bernhard Law Firm files $2M in lawsuits for IP at Penn State, recovery of Turkish glass, determination of Venezuelan bank accounts, and claw-back from a FINRA broker-dealer.
Further, the moving party bears the burden of refuting all affirmative defenses, and Florida law prohibits entry of summary judgment where Plaintiff has not effectively refuted all affirmative defenses with plaintiff affidavits and other admissible evidence.… Read More Florida’s Summary Judgment Standard
